AOFF

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AOFF is the abbreviation for All-Optical Flip-Flops and is a technical term from computer science .

It is the name of a technology to store information photonically without converting the light signals into electrical signals beforehand.

functionality

With AOFF, bistable effects are used in active and passive elements.

literature

Shlomi Dolev, Mihai Oltean (Eds.): Optical Supercomputing. Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-10441-1 .
Govind P. Agrawal: Fiber-Optic Communication Systems. 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., ISBN 0-471-21571-6 .

Web links

Richard Sietmann: Opto-RAM. In: c't magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2010 .
Eduward Tangdiongga et al .: Optical Flip-Flop Based on Two-Coupled Mode-Locked Ring Lasers. (PDF; 134 kB) Accessed October 10, 2010 (English).
Liu Liu et al .: An ultra-small, low-power, all-optical flip-flop memory on a silicon chip. Retrieved March 10, 2011 . doi: 10.1038 / nphoton.2009.268